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Extensions of Remarks E980 HON. GEORGE MILLER E980 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð Extensions of Remarks May 22, 1998 It does not raise anyone's taxes, but it does We, the elected leaders of Northern Vir- if it is proven that he was responsible for the provide a mechanism or a ``vessel'' through ginia's cities and counties, appreciate your assassination of innocent civilians. efforts on the region's behalf. We encourage which the local jurisdictions could coordinate ISA TERRORIST HIDING IN CHILE'S SENATE? and commit future revenues to finance the and strongly support your initiative. With warm personal regards, (By Scott Armstrong and Saul Landau) construction of specific transportation projects Yours sincerely, that otherwise will not get built or built anytime When Bill Clinton addressed the Chilean Mayor, City of Alexandria, Mayor, City legislature last month, he did not see the soon. of Fairfax, Mayor, City of Falls face of Augusto Pinochet. Nor did he men- The ``Metropolitan Washington Regional Church, Mayor, City of Manassas, tion the name of the recently retired army Transportation Act'' gives us a choice and Chairman, Arlington County Board, commander and former president-dictator of helps start a debate on how we should take Chairman, Fairfax County Board of Su- Chile. But the unresolved issue of Pinochet's control and improve our future transportation pervisors, Chairman, Loudoun County involvement in the worst act of inter- system and improve our quality of life. Our Board of Supervisors, Chairman, Prince national terrorism in Washington in the past failure to act and meet our transportation William Board of County Supervisors. 50 years still hangs over U.S.-Chilean rela- needs will have a much higher cost. The f tions. Board of Trade places the cumulative regional Pinochet figures in problems Chile has economic losses from the failure to meet our U.S. SHOULD INVESTIGATE GEN. with Spain, Italy and Argentina. In each of these countries, official investigations are transportation needs in the year 2020 at be- PINOCHET'S ROLE IN U.S. ASSAS- SINATION underway that could link Pinochet directly tween $70.2 billion to $182 billion. to overseas assassinations and unsuccessful That economic loss includes: a 350 percent plots to silence his critics during his 17-year or $345 million increase in shipping costs; HON. GEORGE MILLER military reign. $1.3 billion to $2.6 billion in higher OF CALIFORNIA An Argentine judge is investigating warehousing and inventory costs; $1,365 per IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Pinochet on charges brought by the daughter household per year higher consumer costs; of Gen. Carlos Prats, a former Chilean chief and more than $1,000 per household per year Friday, May 22, 1998 of staff, and his wife. The two were living as in higher personal travel costs. Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I exiles in Buenos Aires in September 1974, Mr. Speaker, this region has a choice. I am when a car bomb blew them nine stories commend to my colleagues the attached op- high. Argentine authorities arrested a optimistic that when given the facts and the ed printed in the Los Angeles Times on May former officer of DINA, the Chilean secret various options our citizens and elected offi- 17, 1998, concerning U.S.-Chile relations. police, who has implicated other senior Chil- cials will take control of our emerging trans- One of the worst acts of state sponsored ean secret-police officials. portation crisis and make the right choice. terrorism took place right here in Washington, An Italian court is probing Pinochet's re- I am including with my statement a copy of D.C. on September 21, 1976. A bomb was sponsibility in the September 1975 shooting a letter supporting this legislation that was re- placed under the car of Orlando Letelier, a in Rome, of an exiled Chilean Christian Dem- ceived from the county chairs and mayors of Chilean exile and former Chilean chancellor ocrat legislator. Bernardo Leighton, and his all eight Northern Virginia jurisdictions. This wife. A gunman put bullets in the backs of under the democratically elected government their heads, but both survived. One month letter reflects a commitment local leaders have of Slavador Allende. While driving to work that made to let this debate go forward and make later, Pinochet met an Italian fascist leader morning, the bomb was detonated as the car in Madrid, who was subsequently charged some tough decisions. I applaud their leader- wound around Sheridan Circle, killing Letelier with the shooting. ship. and his American assistant, Ronnie Karpen One piece of evidence caught the attention I would also like to express my appreciation Moffitt and seriously wounding her husband, of the Italian magistrate: A Sept. 16, 1975, to Fairfax City Mayor John Mason and the Michael Moffitt. memo to Pinochet from Col. Manuel Metropolitan Washington Council of Govern- With the help of the FBI, several people Contreras, chief of DINA, Chile's intelligence and secret-police agency. In it, Contreras re- ment for generating critical local support and were brought to trial for the crime, but it was throughtful counsel on crafting this proposal. quests for DINA an additional $600,000 for always believed that Gen. Augusto Pinochet, ``reasons that I consider indispensable,'' one Hon. CHARLES C. ROBB, who seized power in Chile in a bloody coup in U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. of which is ``the neutralization of the [Chil- 1973 and isÐincredulouslyÐnow a sitting ean] government junta's principle adversar- Hon. JAMES P. MORAN, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. member of the Chilean Senate, had directed ies abroad, especially in Mexico, Argentina, DEAR SENATOR ROBB AND MR. MORAN: We, the assassination. There was not enough evi- Costa Rica, the U.S.A. and Italy.'' These the mayors and chairs of the Northern Vir- dence at the time, however, to directly link him countries were all hosts to DINA assassina- ginia cities and counties, appreciate and sup- to the crime. tion attempts or to aborted DINA assassina- port legislation you are preparing to intro- tion plots. More evidence has come to light since then, Spanish judges have studied this docu- duce that is designed to help meet this re- and other nations have launched investiga- gion's critical transportation needs through ment, too. In July 1996, the Union of Progres- improved coordination, cooperation and ad- tions of state-sponsored killings directed by sive Spanish prosecutors and lawyers, rep- ditional funding. We believe the approach the Chilean secret police. Argentina, Spain resenting the families of victims of outlined in the Metropolitan Washington Re- and Italy for example are investigating past Pinochet's reign of terror, accused Pinochet gional Transportation Act will provide a mech- crimes, and Spain in particular is looking into of international terrorism, genocide and anism to address the serious shortfall in whether Pinochet was directly involved in the crimes against humanity. In 1978, Pinochet funding for transportation infrastructure Letelier assassination and other killings. granted an amnesty for himself and his mili- tary subordinates who, according to the 1997 needs in the metropolitan Washington re- Spain has asked the United States for co- gion. official Chilean government record, killed The Washington region is unique. We are operation in this investigation, and regrettably more than 3,190 people and tortured thou- the only metropolitan area in which mul- that assistance has not always been forthcom- sands more. Later, Pinochet arranged to re- tiple states and a Federal district are en- ing. Along with my colleague Mr. CONYERS of tire from the military as a ``senator for life,'' gaged in addressing transportation issues. As Michigan, I have written the Administration a status that, when combined with the am- noted in your discussion draft for the pro- urging their complete and total cooperation nesty, amounted to impunity from prosecu- posed Act, it is in the Nation's interest that with the Spanish investigation. tion in Chile. Recently, a Chilean judge ac- the region have a transportation system that As the following article points out, there is cepted the complaint of Gladys Marin, a Chilean communist, who has accused is supportive of the Federal interest in hav- mounting evidence that Pinochet was directly ing an efficient and effective regional trans- Pinochet of kidnapping her husband and portation system, as well as our role in being involved in the killing of Orlando Letelier and other leaders, torturing them and making an international tourist attraction (some Ronnie Karpan Moffitt. them ``disappear.'' But few hold out hope of 20,000,000 visitors today; anticipated to be I urge the Administration to strongly con- an investigation, a prosecution and convic- 40,000,000 in 20 years). sider reopening its own investigation of those tion in Chile. Your proposed legislation touches on the murders as well as fully cooperate with the Spanish Judge Garcia Castellon certified two key elements that are needed to stimu- Spanish investigation. Spanish jurisdiction in a similar case. More late additional funding in the Washington re- Neither Congress nor the Administration than a dozen Spanish citizens, including gionÐa ``mechanism'' that can receive and priests, fell victim to the excesses of Chile's distribute funds as well as upfront funding should forego the opportunity to send a strong military dictatorship. The judge also cast his from the Congress that will ``prime the and clear message that we will not tolerate investigative net for evidence to Washing- pump.'' We are clear that the proposed terrorism on our soil. And our developing rela- ton, where DINA had struck on Sept. 21, 1976. ``mechanism'' does not have independent tionship with the new government of Chile On that day, Orlando Letelier, former Chil- taxing authority. should not shield Pinochet from responsibility ean chancellor under President Salvador May 22, 1998 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð Extensions of Remarks E981 Allende, and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, a U.S.
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